VI. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
Katherine Brimberry

Veronica stepped forward to wipe Jesus's face and his image remained on the cloth, her veil. Her name means "True Image" in Latin. Did Christ intend that his physical human image be captured forever, or that his "True Image" be found in ourselves and all others that we encounter?
Veronica acted out of kindness and with boldness, stopping a death march for a moment. Wiping Jesus's face didn't change the sentence, but her touch, this small compassionate act, was a small mirror of the great compassion that Jesus had for the world. In Matthew 25:38-40, Jesus taught us to care for those who are sick, who are in prison, who are hungry. "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." Jesus's life as a paradox, both human and divine, can never be completely captured as an image, but here I present a human image and hundreds of names. Jesus says that he can be found in each person we serve with compassion, and if we look to everyone as Christ looked to each, we may in a small way mirror His true image.